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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Safe, clean drinking water defines civilisation
Associate Professor Justin Brookes from the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute, recently wrote a piece for The Huffington Post as part of their “What’s Working: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” blog series. Access to clean, safe and secure water sources is essential in order for communities to be able to thrive. Unfortunately there are still many communities […]
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Review of human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems
Professor Bronwyn Gillanders and Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken from the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute were among 17 scientists involved in an article published in Science of The Total Environment. The article entitled “Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation,” reviews human activities that effect the […]
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Podcast: Impact of climate change on harmful algal blooms
Radio Adelaide recently interviewed Dr Anna Rigosi, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Water Research Centre at the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute about her study into the impacts of climate change on algal blooms. Dr Rigosi’s research focuses on the interaction between climate change and nutrients controlling bacterial blooms in fresh water. She believes […]
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